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This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the Edinburgh region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1321
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads6056
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.059 %
As % of the category below7.308 %5.054 %
Daily rates quoted1114
Average minimum daily rate£427£404
Average daily rate£462£415
% change on same period last year+11.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£498£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£415
% change on same period last year+5.64 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£15.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.63£27.47
% change on same period last year+18.77 %
Job Titles EdinburghJob Titles
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads8211108
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.083 %1.175 %
Daily rates quoted189248
Average minimum daily rate£304£305
Average daily rate£327£320
% change on same period last year+2.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted2641
Average minimum hourly rate£20.32£24.48
Average hourly rate£21.55£25.04
% change on same period last year-13.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.77£25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.28£26.07
% change on same period last year-10.69 %
Consultant ScotlandConsultant
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Consultant across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Consultant Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Consultant across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Consultant Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Edinburgh Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Consultant across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Consultant in their job title.

131 (24.03 %)SAP
131 (24.03 %)Finance
221 (16.28 %)FMCG
320 (15.50 %)SAP R/3
414 (10.85 %)Unix
414 (10.85 %)SAP SD
511 (8.527 %)Project Management
511 (8.527 %)Windows
511 (8.527 %)C
610 (7.752 %)C++
610 (7.752 %)Symbian
610 (7.752 %)Quicktime
610 (7.752 %)OpenGL
610 (7.752 %)DirectX
610 (7.752 %)Multimedia
79 (6.977 %)Billing
79 (6.977 %)Symbian OS
79 (6.977 %)Embedded C++
88 (6.202 %)Microsoft
88 (6.202 %)Oracle
97 (5.426 %)VPN
97 (5.426 %)Business Intelligence
97 (5.426 %)Migration
97 (5.426 %)Banking
106 (4.651 %)Change Management
106 (4.651 %)SAP APO
106 (4.651 %)Interwoven
106 (4.651 %)OpenDeploy
106 (4.651 %)TeamSite
106 (4.651 %)BusinessObjects

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
110 (7.752 %)OpenGL
110 (7.752 %)DirectX
23 (2.326 %).NET
23 (2.326 %)ASP.NET
23 (2.326 %)XSLT
32 (1.550 %)AJAX
32 (1.550 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
32 (1.550 %)CAML
41 (0.775 %)MDX
41 (0.775 %)WebSphere
41 (0.775 %)Spring
Application Platforms
16 (4.651 %)TeamSite
24 (3.101 %)CMS
24 (3.101 %)SharePoint
33 (2.326 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (2.326 %)SAS
42 (1.550 %)MS Exchange
42 (1.550 %)IIS
51 (0.775 %)WebSphere Application Server
51 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (0.775 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (0.775 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
110 (7.752 %)Quicktime
23 (2.326 %)MS Excel
32 (1.550 %)MS Office
32 (1.550 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
120 (15.50 %)SAP R/3
214 (10.85 %)SAP SD
36 (4.651 %)SAP APO
44 (3.101 %)SAP PP
52 (1.550 %)SAP WM
52 (1.550 %)Temenos Globus
52 (1.550 %)Temenos T24
61 (0.775 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
61 (0.775 %)SAP LE
61 (0.775 %)Oracle EBS
61 (0.775 %)Movex
61 (0.775 %)SAP MM
Communications & Networking
17 (5.426 %)VPN
25 (3.876 %)Firewall
34 (3.101 %)SAN
43 (2.326 %)SSL
52 (1.550 %)LDAP
52 (1.550 %)IPsec
52 (1.550 %)Cisco PIX
61 (0.775 %)Network Security
61 (0.775 %)Wireless
61 (0.775 %)GSM
61 (0.775 %)VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
16 (4.651 %)BusinessObjects
24 (3.101 %)SAP BW
33 (2.326 %)Datawarehouse
33 (2.326 %)SQL Server
33 (2.326 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
33 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (1.550 %)SQL Server Integration Services
42 (1.550 %)BusinessObjects XI
42 (1.550 %)Oracle Reports
42 (1.550 %)Oracle 9i
42 (1.550 %)Cognos Powerplay
42 (1.550 %)Base SAS
51 (0.775 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
51 (0.775 %)OLAP
51 (0.775 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
16 (4.651 %)OpenDeploy
22 (1.550 %)Visual Studio
General
131 (24.03 %)Finance
221 (16.28 %)FMCG
310 (7.752 %)Multimedia
49 (6.977 %)Billing
57 (5.426 %)Banking
65 (3.876 %)Retail
73 (2.326 %)Pensions
73 (2.326 %)Retail Banking
81 (0.775 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.775 %)Telecoms
81 (0.775 %)Investment Banking
81 (0.775 %)Insurance
Miscellaneous
13 (2.326 %)PKI
22 (1.550 %)Multithreading
22 (1.550 %)Mainframe
31 (0.775 %)Handset
31 (0.775 %)Clustering
31 (0.775 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
114 (10.85 %)Unix
211 (8.527 %)Windows
39 (6.977 %)Symbian OS
46 (4.651 %)AIX
54 (3.101 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (1.550 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.775 %)Windows Mobile
71 (0.775 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
111 (8.527 %)Project Management
27 (5.426 %)Business Intelligence
27 (5.426 %)Migration
36 (4.651 %)Change Management
44 (3.101 %)ITIL
44 (3.101 %)Six Sigma
44 (3.101 %)Content Management
53 (2.326 %)Business Analysis
53 (2.326 %)Programme Management
53 (2.326 %)SC Cleared
53 (2.326 %)BC Cleared
53 (2.326 %)Security Cleared
62 (1.550 %)Service Management
62 (1.550 %)Problem Management
71 (0.775 %)SAP Implementation
71 (0.775 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (0.775 %)Data Migration
71 (0.775 %)Cost-Benefit Analysis
71 (0.775 %)Project Planning
71 (0.775 %)Document Management
Programming Languages
111 (8.527 %)C
210 (7.752 %)C++
39 (6.977 %)Embedded C++
43 (2.326 %)C#
51 (0.775 %)Shell Script
51 (0.775 %)COBOL
51 (0.775 %)Java
51 (0.775 %)SQL
51 (0.775 %)ABAP
Qualifications
13 (2.326 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.775 %)ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.550 %)QA
System Software
15 (3.876 %)Active Directory
21 (0.775 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
21 (0.775 %)NetBackup
Systems Management
11 (0.775 %)OpenView
11 (0.775 %)Legato
11 (0.775 %)Tivoli
11 (0.775 %)Tivoli Monitoring
11 (0.775 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (0.775 %)ARCserve
11 (0.775 %)ServiceCenter
Vendors
131 (24.03 %)SAP
210 (7.752 %)Symbian
38 (6.202 %)Microsoft
38 (6.202 %)Oracle
46 (4.651 %)Business Objects
46 (4.651 %)Interwoven
55 (3.876 %)IBM
55 (3.876 %)CheckPoint
64 (3.101 %)Ab Initio
64 (3.101 %)VERITAS
73 (2.326 %)EMC
73 (2.326 %)Nokia
73 (2.326 %)Cisco
82 (1.550 %)Cognos
82 (1.550 %)Temenos
82 (1.550 %)jBASE
82 (1.550 %)Blue Coat
82 (1.550 %)Northgate
82 (1.550 %)BMC
91 (0.775 %)Red Hat
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